inheritance
gb/ɪnhˈɛɹɪtəns/ us/ɪnhˈɛɹɪtəns/
B1
Englisch
~ 4600
Bedeutungen
0 Bedeutungen
Nomen
B1
entity
1
assets from a deceased person
Money or things you get when someone in your family dies.
Verwendungsmuster:
receive [an/the] inheritance
Häufiger Fehler:
Learners sometimes confuse 'inheritance' (the thing received) with 'to inherit' (the action).
Synonyme
bequest (More formal; usually refers to a specific item or sum of money left in a will.)
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legacy (Can mean the same as inheritance but often used for non-material things too.)
Antonyme
debt (Opposite in the sense of financial burden rather than gain.)
Wortverbindungen
leave an inheritance
|receive an inheritance
|inheritance tax
|share of the inheritance
Themen
law
|family
|finance
|core_vocabulary
Beispiele
- She received a large inheritance from her grandmother.
- The inheritance included a house and several acres of land.
- His inheritance was divided equally among all the children.
Beispiele für Lernende
- I got an inheritance from my uncle.
- Her inheritance was a small house.
- They will share the inheritance.
Nomen
technical
B2
event
2
genetic transmission of traits
The way parents pass their physical traits to their children.
Häufiger Fehler:
Learners may confuse 'inheritance' in genetics with material possessions from someone who has died.
Synonyme
heredity (Scientific term for passing traits through genes.)
Antonyme
acquired characteristics (Traits gained during life, not inherited genetically.)
Wortverbindungen
genetic inheritance
|inheritance pattern
|inheritance of traits
Themen
science
|biology
|health
Beispiele
- Eye color is determined by genetic inheritance.
- Scientists study inheritance to understand diseases.
- Some diseases are caused by faulty inheritance of genes.
Beispiele für Lernende
- Height is part of our inheritance.
- We get our hair color from inheritance.
- Inheritance can cause some health problems.
Nomen
technical
B2
relation
3
object-oriented code reuse mechanism
In computer programming, when one type of object gets features from another type.
Häufiger Fehler:
Learners may confuse 'inheritance' in programming with its legal meaning.
Synonyme
subclassing (Programming term for creating a class based on another class.)
Antonyme
composition (Alternative to inheritance in programming design.)
Wortverbindungen
class inheritance
|multiple inheritance
|inheritance hierarchy
Themen
technology
|computing
|education
Beispiele
- Inheritance allows code reuse between related classes.
- Multiple inheritance is supported in some programming languages.
- They redesigned the software to reduce deep inheritance hierarchies.
Beispiele für Lernende
- Inheritance helps programmers reuse code.
- Some languages do not allow multiple inheritance.
- We use inheritance to make new classes.
Grammatik
Grundform
inheritance
IPA
GB/ɪnhˈɛɹɪtəns/
US/ɪnhˈɛɹɪtəns/
Silben & Betonung
in - her - it - ance (4 Silben)
Stress on 2nd syllable (her)
Wortformen
Noun
- Base: inheritance
- Plural: inheritance, inheritances
Wortfamilie
Forms
inheritances
noun
Related words
inheritor
noun
heirloom
noun
Negative and opposite forms
disinherit
verb
Advanced or less common
Ausdrücke
inheritance tax
1/ɪnhˈɛɹɪtəns tˈæks/
fixed phrase
tax on inherited assets
A tax you pay on money or things you get when someone dies.
Beispiele
- The country imposes a high inheritance tax.
- She had to pay inheritance tax on the property she received.
leave an inheritance
1/lˈiv ən ɪnhˈɛɹɪtəns/
fixed phrase
give assets after death
To arrange for someone to get your money or things after you die.
Beispiele
- They want to leave an inheritance for their children.
- My grandfather left an inheritance to all his grandchildren.
receive an inheritance
1/ɹɪsˈiv ən ɪnhˈɛɹɪtəns/
fixed phrase
get assets after someone's death
To get money or things when someone dies and leaves them to you.
Beispiele
- She received an inheritance from her aunt last year.
- He was surprised to receive an inheritance from a distant cousin.